Divorce Me Before Death Takes Me, CEO

Chapter 408

Rachel’s POV

I snatched the phone from Mom’s hand, my fingers trembling slightly as news alerts flooded the screen. Every major outlet was running with the same headline: violence at Parker Group’s underground garage.

Social media was blowing up with theories. Some claimed the dead were kidnappers, others insisted it must be a Parker executive. Police at the scene were tight-lipped, giving reporters the standard “ongoing investigation” line.

What caught my eye were the comments flooding in below the live videos:

“If it wasn’t someone important, why would police and Parker Group hide the identity?”

“Twenty minutes without a statement from Parker PR? Has to be Blake.”

“Parker Group’s communications team responds to everything within minutes. The silence speaks volumes.”

“Sources confirm Blake Parker at Mayo Clinic, fighting for his life!”

My stomach twisted as I stared at the screen. When I rushed downstairs to confront her, all I could think about was Blake. My future husband. The man I’d secretly wanted for years. Of course I was worried about him.

But after hearing Mom casually admit she’d planned to kill him, my perspective shifted dramatically.

Part of me – a cold, calculating part I barely recognized – actually hoped Blake was dead.

Not because I’d stopped caring for him. Not because I truly wanted him gone.

But because I had nowhere to run if Blake survived.

He’d wake up. He’d investigate. He’d discover I’d arranged Emma’s kidnapping, that Mom had hired people to kill him. And Blake Parker wasn’t known for

mercy.

This was the man who’d shipped his own sister and cousin overseas to brutal boarding schools just for bullying Audrey. What would he do to me and my family when he discovered we’d nearly killed him?

But if he died…

already filed. Half his fortune would be mine by law. I’d control Parker Group through a grief-stricken Rebecca

said, breaking the silence. “When I called Blake earlier, Evelyn answered.

don’t know if he’s really injured and heading to the hospital, or if

people contact you after it happened? Tell you

click. “I specifically told them not

reached for her phone. “Should I call

quickly. “You were right about the records. Contacting them now would just create evidence linking

scrolled through my contacts and found my connection at Mayo

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“Miss Hayes?’

Parker

he be here? Is he

“Wasn’t an ambulance just brought in from

typing. “Yes, Miss Hayes, an ambulance arrived

I held my breath.

was only a security guard with an arm

woman who is she?’

the guard called her Mrs.

you send me a

Beside him stood a woman in a beige dress

my attention was Blake’s custom diamond-encrusted phone peeking from her

place, and

phone wouldn’t be

be with them,

and the child must be dead, their bodies secured by police, leaving

almost laughed out loud. This

was truly gone, I wouldn’t just escape his vengeance – I’d inherit his vast fortune. Blake had built Parker Group into something

I said smoothly, ending

settled next to Mom, a small smile playing at my lips. “Mother, can I borrow some of your makeup? I need to look my

Audrey’s POV